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i use kuyadroid 2.7 , and i feel that my battery drain very fast like hell,
i only use the 3g, i have calibrated my battery but it not help me, can someone help me please?
Dont know...u may try a full wipe...than turn of all modules u have like overclock that in some roms comes enabled!
Well u can charge it to 100% without disconnecting and do again battery calibration!
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...than turn of all modules u have like overclock that in some roms comes enabled!
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how can i turn off ??
Check the link in my signature.
ok i'll try, i'll report back after it
i have freeze some app like dsp manager, whatsapp, email,yahoo mail and messenger. i decreased brightness and undervolt my processor.
i can feel the difference, but i think the battery drain still fast, i'll do a calibration after charge my phone.
/edit : i use 2g only too/
maybe your battery is not in good condition gan.
Or try to reduce brightness, animation, and timeout screen :-D
Cheers up, guys. Cool down.
I use PowerMax app from market, plus some tips in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942241 my x8 can last at least 2 days...with normal (almost hard use).
i have question to ask, i charge my phone till 100% and the battery gauge in System Panel (i used this application for monitoing my phone) shown 4769 mV. When my phone reach 10%, the gauge shown 3669 mV. Should in normal circumstances it is in what position when the battery runs out?
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hi, currently i am on darky rom 10.4.2 xwjw1 rom... i have tried different modems on it.. i am happy with the rom but only problem is battery.. i am not happy with battery life.. will going to semaphore kernel will help battery life??? or give any other kernel or rom that gives me more battery life like upto 2 days... if performance degrades little than its ok with me.. is there any hack or scripts which will improve battery life??? battery juiced a lot when using 3G.. please help me guys... any good battery saving ICS rom will also do..
With Darkys i had the "best" battery with XXJVQ, Semaphore and turned off 3g. Just had a widget to toggle 3g quickly. That just saved 20% a day for me.
And i know thats not exactly that what you want but moving to ICS increased my battery life pretty much
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With Darkys i had the "best" battery with XXJVQ, Semaphore and turned off 3g. Just had a widget to toggle 3g quickly. That just saved 20% a day for me.
And i know thats not exactly that what you want but moving to ICS increased my battery life pretty much
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thanks for replying.. but i use 3g internet and i do switched it off when not required.. and i am ready to move to ics rom... which ics rom are u using??? what combination gives best battery life??? also give links if possible...
Well, first of all, there applications that are supposted to increase battery life. For a few examples, you could try Juice Defender(my personal favourite) or Watchdog Task Manager. I personally did try some GB Darkys' rom, and I wouldn't recommend it. The battery life was terrible. I'm now running WeUI, an ICS rom. I also tried CM9, and it had a pretty good battery life, but it's not really what I would recommend you to use as a daily usage rom.
You might also want to check your screen brightness settings, I personally have mine set at "automatic".
Also I'm not that sure if semaphore has a good battery life. I heard that Icy Glitch has better, but I am still running semaphore 1.0.0.
Let me know if those apps make any difference!
Back in the day when i was a darky user, i also tried semaphore and hat good results with it, 2days or more were common. I used BUJV3 modem mostly. But generally I had 2g running. The battery life always drops a lot when you constantly turn 3g on. Btw moving to ics reduced my battery life, I charge every night (sometimes earlyer).
i have juice defender... also i turn off the 3g when not required... and i have set the brightness to minimum.. but still i want to conserve more battery... can any one give me the kernel which uses lowest battery without much performance lag??? any ROM??? any good ICS ROM with good battery???
you can undervolt..
http://damiangto.emc2production.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=314
I was using an app called SuperPower XDA-BETA v0.80, that can be found on market.
As for me it's the best app for customising power usage, a bit tricky, and rot needed for most features, but I was finally able to prolong my battery life to 2,5 days.
i don't think so apps can save much battery as it will switch of the radio services which i am already making off when not required.. i am talking about battery Hacks or Kernel or ROM which will give extra battery power???
]Dude you want to use 3G too and still want battery life of upto 2 days !!! quite a dream...
anyways few things you can try on.. these are not hacks just tips
- remove any widgets on your homescreen
- turn off autosync
- don't use any constantly updating apps like weather, clock widget etc
- turn off auto rotate (read in some thread this as a tip too)
- don't use automatic task managers
- don't use any battery saver, turn off the data manually when not using everytime
- don't use live wallpaper and try to use some dark background image preferably black
- use some black and white theme
- remove/ freeze as many system applications as possible which don't affect your normal functioning and the apps that you don't use
Hi for me battery life is very bad any solution for this.
For usage of data for 9 mins it becomes 100 to 95 I dont know y.
Please help me.
I have tried all kernels siri 3. Tz 4.1. Cocore.
All gives the same result.
I saw lot of calibration procedures.
Can some one help me correct calibration procedure.
Please help me.......
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psiva2010 said:
Hi for me battery life is very bad any solution for this.
For usage of data for 9 mins it becomes 100 to 95 I dont know y.
Please help me.
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Mine too but just for the first 7 percent .-.
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flash any kernel that supports custom charge values, discharge until 0%, then charge up to 5% and unplug the cable, set the max ac current at 350, leave it charging up to 100% (it will last much longer than a normal charge) and overcharge at least mid hour more, then try to see any difference. Also if you dont need 3G / HSDPA connections disable it and use GSM only, you will get much more battery doing this. Disable entropy seeder apps / services and any other unnecesary service, another advice: Use 1 or 2 max messaging clients, having more than 2 will cause more battery wasted.
If you need your phone charged always fast use the default charger value, but if you need more battery charge it slowly, (350~400)
you know your phone doesnt charge to 100% percent it only simulates this to you, becaus you would be unhappy if it whould show 95% at the end of the charging cicle. so it shows 100% and after a short while it shows the correct values ... maybe 10-15 min. i think this is ordinary behaviour to prevent battery from fast degeneration.
I have same problem in Gingerbread. :crying:
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I have same problem in Gingerbread. :crying:
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Could you be more specific? Or you just want to share with us that you have some problem.
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Could you be more specific? Or you just want to share with us that you have some problem.
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Hey shut_down, how do i change charging values if i have Thunderzap and what risks or limits do i have if i change them?
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Hey shut_down, how do i change charging values if i have Thunderzap and what risks or limits do i have if i change them?
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I am not sure, but I think option for that need to be embended in kernel. That you can change it. I do not know if it works, better ask Varun when he is here.
For this who have battery drain problem, download from gp 'Deep Sleep Battery Saver'. This app turn off deep sleep when screen is of, and wake up phone to sync once per hour. Fot me its make much better. Now i have 99% of battery for about 3h!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ration&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
use this...
well here are a few things that i do to save battery
Firstly use xxlpz baseband instead of xxlq4. Basebands also affect the battery life. (Baseband helps to provide all the network functions).
basebands are inter compatible, so you can use xxlpz baseband over a Rom based on xxlq4
Secondly, I use stock xxlpz odexed firmware. Deodexed rom is used by the modders to theme the framework.
Otherwise an odexed rom is slightly faster than Deodexed rom. Moreover deodexed rom will use the data partition to write it's .dex files which reduces the data partition a little...
I don't use any modded rom. If you see the modded Roms, most of them have superficial changes, not from source. A little change in the framework, a few init.d scripts and some extra apps. You can always change your framework on your own by decompiling the framework-res.apk and systemui.apk.
If you don't know how to then use UOT kitchen. ( I am not opposing anybody. please don't take it personally)
Use a custom kernel. I use cocore 4.4. For me battery is really good using it. I have made an init.d script. If you use cocore 4.4 then put the script in /system/etc/init.d and set permission 0777 and reboot. Also set the governor to ondemandq.
After installing cocore, drain your battery untill it switches off on it's own. Then put your phone in download mode (that is on the screen where it warns us not to flash custom rom) and leave the phone untill it discarges the battery fully.
Now charge you phone till it reaches 100%. overcharge it for half an hour.
After this reboot into recovery and flash Shaaan clockworkmod. Goto advanced setting and eipe battery stats and reboot.
If you are not a hardcore gamer then Switch on powersaver in setting which would limit cpu to 800 mhz, lower the brightness.You will still be able to play, light games like temple run, granny smith, cut the rope etc without any lags.
You can buy anf install ram manager pro for better ram management.
You can also disable a few samsung apps.
Go to settings> manage applications.
Select an app which you don't use and disable it.
I disabled swype, accu weather, chaton yahoo services and few more which run in the background and I dont use. Disabling would freeze the applications, which you can also do with titanium backup.
I use nova launcher which uses less ram and is smooth... Never lock apps in memory.
My settings are minimal, ie I keep vibration and haptic feedback switched off.
I don't use 3g so I keep the network to Gsm only. But I am 24*7 day and night connected to WiFi.
So I use easy battery saver and set it to intelligent mode...
I play a few games mentioned above, lots of WiFi for surfing the web and calls. My screen is always turned on literally. But I manage 1.5 days of battery life.
Well yeah that's it..
Init.d script download-- www .dropbox.com/s/ib6jrshnymzyhag/00power
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Thanks, very detailed explanation! I will try everything you said
I've got a 2 year old I9305 from the UK that's rooted and using the German 4.3 Stock ROM (couldn't update to 4.3 with a UK ROM at the time).
The battery life used to be much better - I've had it for a year (I bought it as not working from a family member and then got it running) and would easily get over a days use including hooked up to the wifi most of the day, 2-3 hours with the screen on etc but now I find I'm often getting less than a day with similar use. I've since done a factory reset and re-installed my apps but it's not improved anything noticeably.
I rotate through 4 Anker 2200mAh a genuine Samsung and a Samsung battery bought on Amazon (genuine - not sure about that!) using a wall mounted charger to do most of the charging as I spent the last 8 months traveling and didn't want my phone sat around in dorm rooms plugged into the mains while I wasn't in the room.
If I only had the one battery then it would make sense that it's ability to hold a full 2100mAh charge would drop after a year but with 5-6 batteries taking the strain, I'd assume that this would be less likely. I was looking at apps like Nova battery tester and An tu tu Tester and will give them a go tonight on which ever battery is in the phone - are they any good?
If the batteries are still taking a solid charge then I guess it's time to go back down the route of a custom ROM but as I travel a lot, I'm loathe to mess around with my S3 too much. I had an HTC HD2 that was running CWM and a couple of different ROM's and it died on me a couple of times while I was on the road. That was less of an issue than it will be now as I was traveling with a netbook - the S3 is my only device now so I need to to be stable. I'm not averse to going through the process of putting a ROM on the phone if there are a couple that are known to be super stable and lighter than stock on battery life, but if I can stick with my stock set up with some tweaks...I've got All in one toolbox controlling which apps load on boot, greenify to hibernate apps (instead of a task killer knocking them off) and No Bloat stopping the bloatware from running.
Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Hmm.. As you are using greenify, boot apps control and no bloat, you are extremely in control of your rom - that's good.
I think that there would be negligible to none difference in battery life between your rom and any custom. Stock Touchwizz roms are said to have better battery (from my own experience too), therefore installing any custom aosp rom should be rejected.
What I can suggest? Download some recent full rom from sammobile or live updates samsung (search google) and flash it through odin. Or maybe you have tried it?
However running one rom for few months may have some influence on battery too.
Also, installing custom kernel is the thing that may help you optimize battery/performance with few interesting features. Boeffla has great description and faq on the website and user-friendly config app. But that's only if you want to experiment (it is still rock-stable) a little bit.
Try custom
The 4.3 JB upgrade is well known as a battery killer. I had stock 4.3 from Base (Germany), but the 4.3 from H3G (UK) is the same for battery life. I have used CM 11.0 as well as others, almost all are nicer to batteries than stock.
Currently I use the S5 Elite Lite Rom. The current version 1.4 seems to be very stable even with both cpu and gpu overclocked. Battery life is still a little better than stock 4.3 and that is despite not using the deep sleep feature. CM 11.0 is even better for battery, at least for me probably down to there being none of the Stock bloatware. Hope that helps.
The best rom to stock rom good battery usage
custom rom is quickly depleted
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Hmm.. As you are using greenify, boot apps control and no bloat, you are extremely in control of your rom - that's good.
I think that there would be negligible to none difference in battery life between your rom and any custom. Stock Touchwizz roms are said to have better battery (from my own experience too), therefore installing any custom aosp rom should be rejected.
What I can suggest? Download some recent full rom from sammobile or live updates samsung (search google) and flash it through odin. Or maybe you have tried it?
However running one rom for few months may have some influence on battery too.
Also, installing custom kernel is the thing that may help you optimize battery/performance with few interesting features. Boeffla has great description and faq on the website and user-friendly config app. But that's only if you want to experiment (it is still rock-stable) a little bit.
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The current ROM was one from a year ago when I first set up the phone but I've since done a factory reset and reinstalled all my apps.
I didn't realize that I could run a custom kernel with a stock ROM - that's something I'll look into. I don't have a custom recovery set up as the last time I used one on my HD2 I had nothing but trouble and, as I said, I need this set up to be reliable over pretty much everything else.
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The 4.3 JB upgrade is well known as a battery killer. I had stock 4.3 from Base (Germany), but the 4.3 from H3G (UK) is the same for battery life. I have used CM 11.0 as well as others, almost all are nicer to batteries than stock.
Currently I use the S5 Elite Lite Rom. The current version 1.4 seems to be very stable even with both cpu and gpu overclocked. Battery life is still a little better than stock 4.3 and that is despite not using the deep sleep feature. CM 11.0 is even better for battery, at least for me probably down to there being none of the Stock bloatware. Hope that helps.
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How long have you been running S5 Elite ROM? I think I'd probably stick with CM, though I'm intrigued by some of the other stuff out there, but ideally I'd like to stick with a solid, stock rom without a custom recovery.
SYMLY, I don't really understand what you meant in your post.
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How long have you been running S5 Elite ROM? I think I'd probably stick with CM, though I'm intrigued by some of the other stuff out there, but ideally I'd like to stick with a solid, stock rom without a custom recovery.
SYMLY, I don't really understand what you meant in your post.
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I have been running the S5 Elite ROM for a couple of weeks only. In that time I have found it very stable, by stable I mean no random reboots, and no force closes. It is not completely glitch free for example some apps need to have the sd card unmounted before being installed. I run it overclocked at 1.8Ghz and slight over clocking on the GPU too. Antutu score was around 20800. The S5 Elite ROM gives me a stock look including the S apps I want specifically SPlanner and SVoice.
If you really want to have a completely stock rom with good battery life you might need to consider downgrading to a 4.1.2 rom from Samfirmware or waiting for the fabled 4.4.2 upgrade. I've been waiting on that for months and finally gave up, hence I'm now using the S5 Elite.
Best of luck deciding, I guess there is no one size fits all solution.
Roms that may help with the batteries.
So far i've seen that stock roms usually consume less battery than stock firmware . something that may help you is deleting apps that you know you'll never use at all. that removes the autorun consuming less battery. Now. among the best but remains on 4.3, is the Alliancerom v3.5. i've seen that my battery drained less faster than on stock firmware. but also due to its kernel it can be controlled the amount of mhz using for process (if you don't know how to use it, do not touch it) . and also the charging rate can be controlled.
If you want a touchwiz based rom, i recommend AllianceROM V3.5 or AMCHA rom v6.11. Both roms are super stable, Alliance lags quite a bit though. Ive been using AMCHA (with S5 theme and agni kernel from aroma installer) rom for awhile, so far so problems and pretty good battery life
You can also try archidroid and neat ROM they are one of the best touchwiz 4.3 roms
To be honest, I'm thinking that I'd rather go down the route of checking over my batteries and trying out any other utilities that might aid in reducing the battery use of my S3.
If I were to go down the custom ROM route then I'd be more interested in the kernels as it's been pointed out that they're going to have more impact on power consumption.
So, any suggestions for utilities - as I've said I'm running all in one toolbox, no bloat and greenify. What about apps to check the actual capacity of the battery?
Well. That been said. Then my suggestion is that you delete apps you dont use at all. Actually that also works in alliancerom 3.5 or any rom or stock firmware. It is obvious that if you delete apps that have autorun enabeled by default when you restart or turn on it affects the ram and also affects the battery draining. My alliancerom 3.5 battery last even more than the original firmware. I've deleted plenty of apps i didnt need at all. More like junk to me. Of course. All of this you can do only if you are rooted. Also another suggestion. Ebay sells i9305 extended battery. It comes with the double, Triple and even more amount of mah for pretty good prices. With them i can assure you that you will use your smartphone with the highest performance without been worried of low battery until night.
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If I were to go down the custom ROM route then I'd be more interested in the kernels as it's been pointed out that they're going to have more impact on power consumption.
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No... nono ononono.
Stock kernel will have similar battery performance as agni or boeffla (on same settings). Sure, custom can bring a enhancment or two, but the battery improvements would be minimal.
A custom kernel will only improve a stock kernel battery performance if the stock kernel is ****ty to begin with. Not the case with TW 4.3
It's the rom, and it's apps and your apps.
How about installing Better Battery Stats and posting a few screenshots?
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No... nono ononono.
Stock kernel will have similar battery performance as agni or boeffla (on same settings). Sure, custom can bring a enhancment or two, but the battery improvements would be minimal.
A custom kernel will only improve a stock kernel battery performance if the stock kernel is ****ty to begin with. Not the case with TW 4.3
It's the rom, and it's apps and your apps.
How about installing Better Battery Stats and posting a few screenshots?
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Cheers for that. I'm aware of the obvious basic stuff affecting battery use like cutting down the number of running apps (hence why I use all in one, no bloat etc) but no little about kernels or their battery related benefits.
That app sounds good, I'll stick it on today and then happily post a few screenshots for you to look through. I've just had a look and it's a paid app - bearing mind I'm only needing the use of this once or twice are there any similar free ones.
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Cheers for that. I'm aware of the obvious basic stuff affecting battery use like cutting down the number of running apps (hence why I use all in one, no bloat etc) but no little about kernels or their battery related benefits.
That app sounds good, I'll stick it on today and then happily post a few screenshots for you to look through. I've just had a look and it's a paid app - bearing mind I'm only needing the use of this once or twice are there any similar free ones.
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If you have zillion apps (like me), then they tend to update frequently, use more and more resources, and services.
I was astonished to see that some apps that i installed just in case - like ebay, skype, tripadvisor - and never used yet, - were running services and have put themselves into autostart!
if you are rooted and use autostarts utility, you can disable a lot of junk in the on start and after start events.
you will immediately see the difference in boot time.
i also deinstalled the apps mentioned above, and battery usage back to normal.
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If you have zillion apps (like me), then they tend to update frequently, use more and more resources, and services.
I was astonished to see that some apps that i installed just in case - like ebay, skype, tripadvisor - and never used yet, - were running services and have put themselves into autostart!
if you are rooted and use autostarts utility, you can disable a lot of junk in the on start and after start events.
you will immediately see the difference in boot time.
i also deinstalled the apps mentioned above, and battery usage back to normal.
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Ok, for those new to these things I'll give you a brief run down of the 3 apps I keep mentioning to save people posting suggestions for things that they already do....
Nobloat (root) - delete (including permanently) any apps including system apps (get rid of the pre-installed bloatware.
All in one toolbox pro (there's a free version) - I use this to clean up my autostarts - I can determine which apps will load on boot - both user apps and system apps.
Greenify - hibernates apps rather than killing them so they don't then autostart. There's also a way to have apps brought out of hibernation if their push notifications come through.
All in all, 3 very useful apps.
Feel free to mention any other ones to help things run a little smoother.
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Ok, for those new to these things I'll give you a brief run down of the 3 apps I keep mentioning to save people posting suggestions for things that they already do....
Nobloat (root) - delete (including permanently) any apps including system apps (get rid of the pre-installed bloatware.
All in one toolbox pro (there's a free version) - I use this to clean up my autostarts - I can determine which apps will load on boot - both user apps and system apps.
Greenify - hibernates apps rather than killing them so they don't then autostart. There's also a way to have apps brought out of hibernation if their push notifications come through.
All in all, 3 very useful apps.
Feel free to mention any other ones to help things run a little smoother.
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Do what i did, i bought a 6000mah mbuynow battery off ebay which seems to be around 4000mah true. It lasts about 90% more than the stock battery. im still not impressed with the battery life as phones these days can achieve the 8 hours of screen on time that i get with my extended battery with there stock batterys. i9300 has better battery life for some reason even though my i9305 is undervolt and underclock
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Do what i did, i bought a 6000mah mbuynow battery off ebay which seems to be around 4000mah true. It lasts about 90% more than the stock battery. im still not impressed with the battery life as phones these days can achieve the 8 hours of screen on time that i get with my extended battery with there stock batterys. i9300 has better battery life for some reason even though my i9305 is undervolt and underclock
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That sugestion is completly wrong. A 6000mAh battery is huge and adds a lot of weight and bulkiness to the phone.
Exactly! it's perfectly viable to live with a standard battery on our device, if you use a right rom and de-bloat.
Say no to bulk! ))
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Hello All,
We all know that with the beast SD652 inside and with very less battery capacity we sure have all faced battery life issues on Leeco Le 2.
I request you guys for suggestions on improving battery life on the Non-Rooted phone.
Please refrain from suggesting the trivial and default options for saving battery life, like from the settings of EUI. Many people have already tweaked them around (Like choosing align wake up option and all...) by now.
I have used Greenify in Non-Rooted mode(It showed significant battery life improvement) but it creates a lot of hassle while locking or unlocking the phone. Do suggest other alternatives or any other apps you recommend.
Thank you all